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Not only that theprinter will stay $}configured to whatever configuration you selected aslong as you have your printers powerturned on or until you $}reconfigureit. Once you have configured yourprinter all you have to do is hit theۿ to Return to the Main menu. $|C1 The OL HACKERS Disk News Letter Help File T The OL'HACKER Disk Based News Lette(}ris very simple for you to use. Allyou have to do is make the selectionsyou'd like and read them. To readthe whole newsl(}etter, use SelectionA. To read only part of thenewsletter, select each file in anyorder by using the letter in front ofit(} on the main menu screen. If youwant to change one of yourselections, use the BACKSPACE key toremove selections until you(} reach theone to be changed, and start fromthere with your new selections. Theother screen editing function keyswill not(} work from the main menu. When you are finished selecting, pressRETURN then [R] and start reading. 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You can still use the J/S to flip pages just by pushing the BUTTON-or pulling back on th J/S, after screen5} is full. To read next file hit BUTTON at end of article, remember you can use J/S even if you hit "A" to READ ALL5 }. Some time ago I asked TOM to add a couple features to OHAUG newletter. I wanted the joystick to control the text.5!}G In spite of a very heavy load TOM came through, while about 2 weeks ago while I was in contact with JOHN MCGOWAN,5"}" I also asked him if he could do it. As you noticed the last newsletter had JOHNS version, while this newsletter nowha5#}s TOM's version. I want to express my heartfelt thanks to both of you for helping me out-but then this is what I have 5$}=come to expect from the DIE HARD 8 BIT'ers. THANKS GUYS!H XYe olde EDITOR!f p** end **} 4| *+*+*+*+* Dates for the OL' HACKERS Meetings: Annual CHRISTMAS DINNER now 2/26/93 Jan 2, 1993 Membersh9&}ip dues are DUE! Jan ??, 1993 ATARI CLASSIC meeting to package, stamp and mail A.C. Disks. Feb 13, 1993 Election time!9'} Feb 26- MIMMO'S Restaurant- Rockville Centre-$12.00 per person. Mar 9, 1993 Special Extra Meeting at the home of JACK GE9(}DDALIUS to work on newsletter These are the CORRECTED NEW DATES.I Please NOTE the changes! *Mar 27, 1993 *Apr 24, 9)}1993 *May 28, 1993- Meet at JACK GEDALIUS House at 1:30 P.M. to package, stamp and mail the A.C. Disks. (tentative) *M9*}ay 29, 1993 *Jun 26, 1993- At ALAN SHARKIS's HOME.(see APRIL minutes for address.) PLAN for Annual Picnic/Dinner time!9+}) Jot down these dates for future use.6 *+*+*+*+* nutes for address.) PLAN for Annual Picnic/Dinner time!8B <><><> 5SMALL BUSINESS SYSTEMS< Made By: Black Moon Systems A Review by Dennis Kline, membe=-}.r of the OL' HACKERS AUG, N.Y. THE SEARCH4 Over the years I have tried many well written programs to incorporate =.}-an accounting system that would handle1 my Air-Freshner Service business. I have tried many including Visicalc=/}J, Accounts Receivable, The Bookkeeper, The Color Accountant, The HomeO ZAccountant,^ cPeachg Tree Accounting and t=0}he list goes on and on. Each of the aforementioned programs either had some bugs in them or just took too long to=1} go to the listing I was addressing. Time was of the essence, and the frustration was growing on my nerves. I tried m=2}ixing programs, and modifying them for my needs, however,it just did not work. The best of them all was "Peach T=3}Gree", but you had to keep on swapping several disks even though I modified the programs for (3) disk drives. T=4}4Then came "Syncalc",which was good but again still frustrating. LOOSING A FRIENDZ I was at a point of changing to a=5}n IBM Computer which was really against the grain, for my first love is the Atari. I have been an Atari user sinc=6}e its inception going from the early"Atari 800" model to my "XL800", modified to 256K, with (2)Happy 1050 d=7}rives,and (2) plain 1050's. Then one day I was reading the OL''HACKpRS (N.Y.) newsletter an 8BIT club to which I hav=8}e been and still am a member even though I now live in Florida. There was a write up about a new business program wri=9}tten about "Black Moon Systems", by one of our members and which seemed in reality to be just what I was looking fo=:}r. The price was right,and I had nothing to lose so I ordered the program. To my surprise when I loaded the progr=;}am for the first time I could not believe the Menu. My first thought was this an IBM program loading on my At=<}ari computer. To my delight I started playing with the program and found all my frustrations gone forever. The program==} was user friendly in that it would run my entire business without having to make any modifications. It had j=>}ust about everything I wanted except it was missing "Accounts Receivable Reports". I found I could live with thi=?}s problem, however I wrote to Ben, the writer of this program, only to find that he was working on an up grade whi=@}ch would include the Accounts Receivable Reports. Ben said he would let me know when it was completed. It too=A}Nk about a year for the new revision of SBSV1.4 to come out. THE GAMBLET I quickly sent a small payment for th=B}e up-grade which was worth waiting for. Again, when loading the new revision I could not believe what his program co=C}uld do. The central office for which I bought my distributorship uses (3) IBM Main Frame computers that =D} were recently up-graded at the cost of $12,000.00, when I showed them what my out dated Atari XL800 computer could do a=E}Gt its low cost price, they could not believe it, they said I must have an IBM. Therefore, I had to actually =F}Fwbring them to my house and run "SBS" before they would say 'I don't believe what I am seeing'. THE WINNER} =G}The capabilities of the "SBS" had features that their expensive program did not have. My Invoices was exactly like =H}otheirs except I could add things that they could not. A few examples #- Thank you for your order.:y - Me=I}jrry Christmas & Happy New Year.,or anything else that I wanted to add. FEATURES TO MAKE LIFE EASIERp The SBS progr=J}am has so many new features that I have had no free time to check them all out. This SBS program was like finding w=K}ater in the hot dessert, it has everything. To give you an idea, for those who have not tried this great program, let=L} me give you a run down. First of all this is an inexpensive program which comes with very easy to follow doc=M}umentation in a loose leaf binder. If you have several different business's you set-up different data disks. Som=N}e examples would be if you were managing a building, you could record rental income and expenses. Also, it could be u=O}sed for your own personal income and expenses, note that this a tax deductible expense if you use it to help keep r=P}ecords for Income Tax time. Everything you run comes off the Main Menu which allows you to choose from: -ORDERS -=Q}REPORTS -INCOME ENTRY -EXPENSE ENTRY -INVENTORY -UTILITIES -CHANGE DEFAULTS Note, if you should want to get back to =R}Aany part of the menu just Hit the Escape Key. A LOVE AFFAIRG What I like the most about the SBS is its abi=S}1lity to produce INVOICES, PURCHASE ORDERS,5 and QUOTATIONS with autonumbering. Having the latter, especially =T} with my Service type business helps me keep tract of monthly payments. Also, under Reports, I can print out m=U}y Accounts Receivables so I always know at an instant who owes me and for what period of time. To give you an examp=V}le of A/R Report, this will show Invoices still due. All you have to do is specify a name or partial name as a search s=W}Gtring. Then before your eyes you get a total amount and a breakdown with tax and shipping. The only snare here is=X}X if you want an accurate balance report you must edit out balances as they are paid. This can be done using ASCII co=Y}bmpatible word processor and then make sure you make changes to your data disk. MORE FEATURESh Also, the other Repor=Z}Cts that can be generated are as follows: R@RSBS REPORTS MENUH Y-EXPENSE REPORTS^ o-REVENUE REPORTSt -PROFIT/L=[} OSS REPORTS '-SALES and TAX REPORT, ?-CHART OF ACCOUNTSD V-CHANGE DATA PATH[ -EXIT to MAIN MENU WHAT, EVEN MO=\}RE? The best of all is the Label Master and Multi-Column Lister. With this program which comes on a se=]}parate disk I can print out customers labels up to (6) lines by (34) character area. Therefore, I can send out =^} a mailing list to my customers without having to keep a separate program. With the Multi- Column Lister, it =_}allows you to print out your Label Master data files on labels from one to six across, and can work with any printer.=`} The SBS is written in Atari Basic so that it can be customized anyway you want. The program also can be ru=a}n with the ICD RTIME8, although, I have not had the chance to use it. I hope to use it as I am a user of Spartdos. Aft=b}er compiling all my data I can print my information using (5) different form choices. An example would be plain paper 8 1=c}\/2 X 11, or tractor feed, with or without a company letterhead. ***IN SUMMARY***b The SBS is a very easy pr=d}ogram for people just starting out with this program because of the ease of just pressing a key and following the p=e}rompts. For those who are more advanced with the computer it has advanced features. <<>> The progra=f}7m has "SPEEDKEYS" used in Reports and Expense Entry.= KA=AdvertisingQ `B=Bank Chargesf C=Contributions and t=g}he list goes on and on. ---RAMDISKS--- Which is available for Reports programs where you can save wear and tear =q} XZcdCb%DOS SYSb*)DUP SYSbSRAMDISK COMb[AUTORUN SYSb\AUTORUN COMb]MAINMENUHLPb;eNEWSLTR BASbWELCOME SCRj)bPRESSPRTMNUbPRESSPRTHLPbHELP- DOCCATARI800BASbSATARI800BASb BFEATURETXTb%FMEETDATTXTbL,HSBSKLINTXT)bIDEMO TXTbJSPARTURTXTbKWHO- TXTb\VGMODULR2TXTb LANTCAT TXTbCPRESMESTXTbODMAYMIN TXTb6{EJUNMIN TXTCbEXAMSECTBASqon your disk drive. ===CHANGE DEFAULTS=== This menu choice will ask you to enter in the default pathnames the ot=r}her programs will use to find your datafiles. +++PROGRAM PATCHES+++ A patch is a listed group of line numbers that=s}I when entered into a Business Program will overwrite the existingM rline and change the program.x In my=t} recent conversation with "Black Moon Systems", I found that a further revision is the works with new surprises (I c=u}annot wait). Therefore, any questions, comments, suggestions, orders, etc. should be directed in writing to the ad=v}dress below: (BLACK MOON SYSTEMS. ;P.O. Box 152A Wind Gap, PA 18091 As for myself when ever I had q=w}wuestions about the program the company was quick to respond. Please note that if you need the following:} =x} Forms,Labels band Stationery for the SBS Programs you can obtain them from the following:h mNEBSs 500 Main S=y}treet Groton,MA 01471" 21-800-225-95508 NEBS, has the Moonsoft Software programs listed in their Directory =z}of Software (DOS) Business$ Forms Reference. In ordering use Mail Code #95818 so that the 8Bit Atari gets the ={}CTcredit and hopefully it will help keep Moonsoft products in their catalog.Z At the present time the only d=|}|Eealer in the USA handling the "SMALL BUSINESS SYSTEMS SOFTWARE" is:K `B&C Computer Visionsf w2730 Scott Blvd.} =}}Santa Clara, CA 95050 +(408) 986-99601 DFAX:(408)986-9968K To sum up, Small Business Systems is a =~}uniquelly versatile program applicable to a wide variety of uses and users. If I had to grade SBS from A to F, I would =}^give it an "A"., and it is highly recommended as an excellent investment. REVIEWED by:u Dennis =}Kline ^<><><> s highly recommended as an excellent investment. REVIEWED by:u Dennis < ;()()() A FEW HINTS FOR GIVING A DEMOI b(and enjoying doing it!)g by JEAN BROKAW and rA}[eprinted by THE OL' HACKERS NY from the 2/93 P.A.C.E. N/L-(With Editors comments)a (Editors note: Doing a DEMO A}is a great way to learn more about any program, 'cause the chances are good that someone in the group knows soA}5mething about the program that you did not know!); Choose a program that you are familiar with, and one you A}enjoy using. After you explain how it works, then tell the group how YOU use it, and also any little tricks yA}Wou have learned. (Ed. This opens the door to others to add their little tricks.)] Make certain you are prepared.A}Ǜ Go over your demo a time or two at home, before the meeting. Make notes. Get your disks together and try them out toA} make certain everything works as it should. If special equipment is needed (light pen, printer, etc.), make certain A} that it will be available at the meeting, by bringing it yourself if possible! Get your ideas in proper order A}Kand put them on paper so that you dont forget any important points.Q Plan to have your demo run about 15 to 20 mA}inutes. Then there will be time for questions from the club members. If you find that you cannot get all the iA}nfo across in 20 minutes, you could supplement your demo with an article in the next newsletter, or prepare phoA}Cltstats with the extra info, to be handed out to the members. (Editor: OHAUG members do this often.)r If while A}you are giving the demo, things don't work out as you had hoped, don't worry. (Ed. It happens more times than A}we like. "BUT IT WORKED AT HOME, RIGHT?) ) It probably has happened to every person who has ever done demo's. ItA} can always be rescheduled at a later date. (Ed. Don't leave it up to the "other person". Get in and do your sA}Etuff, you are as good as any other person who can do a demo, and it gets easier as you do more of them. PREPERATION iA}"s the key to a SUCCESSFULL DEMO!)2 <><><> demo, and it gets easier as you do more of them. PREPERATION i@: =-=-=-= 1Turbo Basic 3.2q7 P(C) 1992 CTH Enterprises\ hby Tom Huntq All rights rE}keserved Reprinted by OL' HACKERS ATARI USERS GROUP, Inc., with Thanks! *PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR SPARTA DOS o!* LOOK FOR THE}IS PROG IN FUTURE NEWS/LET# This Text may be freely distributed as long as no moneys are exchanged, except E} for the nominal cost of media. (Editor: This program NOT on this DISK, but TURBOBA1.BAS for the 400/800 is on S-2 E} of disk.) This program TB32q is based upon Turbo Basic for the old ATARI 400's and 800's, by Frank Ostrowski. TE}hat particular version had it's own mini- dos embedded in it, which was compatible only with Atari DOS 2.0E}/2.5 . This version," '3.2q,+ was specifically made to run only under Sparta Dos 3.2. It works fine underE} both a floppy based system, and a hard drive based system. It is an interpreter, not a compiler or a runtimeE}" for compiled programs. It is by' *far. 1the5 AtheF ^housekeeping line(2010)b I have an 'LPRINT CHM}R$(27);"8"'. This is the control code to TURN OFF PAPER SENSOR for an Epson printer. I want this sensor off because IM} will constantly be feeding envelopes into my printer. If you do not know the code for your printer this is what you cM}an do. Remove the paper from the printer. The sensor will now sound. Take a strip of paper and slip it in to theM} paper feed until the sensor goes off. Then temporarily scotch tape it to the top of your case so it will not be M}fed through the rollers. Now you can feed envelopes without any trouble and without the noise. Be sure to have andM}G END option in the menu selection so the user can exit. Error trapping again is the same as in the other modules. TM}2he module exits with a RETURN in line 2100.8 In the module on FORWARDING ADDRESS I initialize all variables M}to an empty string in the housekeeping line in 2510. This module will be accessed repeatedly. I want to make sureM}f that the strings are empty. In all other respects it is the same as the RETURN ADDRESS MODULE.l The CHRISTMAS CM}ARD MODULE, the BUSINESS ENVELOPE MODULE and the LARGE ENVELOPE MODULE are very similar. In the housekeeping M}line I initialize the variables and set B$ equal to the required spaces. I call for sub module FORWARDING ADDRESSM} (GOSUB 2500) and sub module PRINT RETURN ADDRESS (GOSUB 5000). Then I print then name, street, town, state, Zip CodM}e and country on the envelope. I exit with a RETURN that goes to line 2100 and then to the control module line 6M}80, which in turn puts you back into the menu module.? The last module is the END MODULE. On the housekeeping M} line I use POKE 752,1 to turn off the cursor. Then I print "END OF PROGRAM" in the middle of the screen. I changeM}g the screen color back to default with a GRAPHICS 0 command and turn the cursor back on again.m You can now seeM} how easy it was to complete each module and the whole program. Even if you are a beginner you can read and understaM}nd this program. It is consistent and it follows the law of straight sequence. You enter at the top and exit at theM}Ǜ bottom of the modules. You now can easily modify this program by adding other modules for different envelope sizes M} if you want to. There was no frustration in writing these modules. It was fun and very satisfying. You do not have toM} be a super programmer to complete a program like this. If you use modular programming the fun of computing will comeM}B back again and your programs will be a joy to read and run.H The final step is to polish the program. Make sureM} that tiles are centered on the screen, variables initialized or set to 0, Error Trapping is in place. AM}Gs the last step I renumber the program. I load it into TURBO BASIC which has a renumber command and write RENM}UM 10,10,10. This will renumber my program from line 10 on with a 10 line interval. Now your program is finiM}shed. You have seen all the things a good program should have. Here are some of the things that you should M}avoid. Do not create a fancy graphic or logo screen as the first module. Remember the user has to use yourN} program repeatedly. A fancy opening screen says only one thing "Look how clever a programer I am". Conceit like thN}is is hard to bear repeatedly. It is O.K. to have a fancy opening screen on your documentation file because it willN}= be accessed only once or twice and thus can be tolerated.C Writing good documentation is as important as writing a N}good program. Documentation should be complete and as brief as possible. Reading a documentation is inherently boN}ring, so make it brief. Do not include in your 'doc' file all the clever programming tricks you used. Do not bN}ecome verbose. It is O.K. to include printer control codes that might have to be changed but other than that it should hN}iave no programming code in it. Also include in the 'docs' your address so a user can contact you.o Do not compiN}le a program if it is not necessary. There are only two good reasons to compile. One you need a faster speed and two youN} want to hide your code. A program that depends for its speed on a peripheral device should never be compileN }nd. There would be no point in compiling this program because its speed is determined by the printer.t Do not uN }se obscure PEEKS and POKES if a regular structure is available. Overused PEEKS and POKES are only justified N } if your free memory is running out. Obscure and overused PEEKS and POKES say just one thing "I am so clever. YouN }B can't follow me." It is another form of program conceit.H As a last remark I am aware of Dave Small's conteN }mpt for structured programming but even he would admit that a clear organized program is better than spaghetti code.N}G I am a long time member of the: OL' HACKERS ATARI CLUB USERS GROUP, Inc. in in Oceanside NY Your comments and reaN}ctions to these articles will be appreciated. Please write to me: RON FETZER 22 MONACO AVE. ELMONT N.Y. 11003, USA.N} * * * *s will be appreciated. Please write to me: RON FETZER 22 MONACO AVE. ELMONT N.Y. 11003, USA.L $=%* JMINUTES OF THE MAY 1993 MEETINGO _ NEW MEMBERS:e WILLIAM MATIJAKOVICH frZ}om Lodi N.J.;DAVID J. HARRIS of Seoul Korea; GEORGE W. O'BRIEN of Hull MA.; ALLEN R. KIRK of Keizer OR.; SEAN L. SMITHZ}Ǜ of Hemel, England; and CHRIS McCOY of Medina OH. all joined the OL' HACKERS. Welcome to the international OL' HAZ}iCKERS 8 BIT club. I think you will enjoy being a member, and make many new friends. ITEMS:p ALEX PIGNATZ+} <> = <>" 5PRESIDENTS MESSAGEC Tby ALEX PIGNATOZ FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO WISH ALL FV#} <+> <+> *ANTIC* THE CATALOG* or Gone,but not forgotten! by JIM CUTLER, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND Member of OL'R} HACKERS A. U.G., Inc. 8-E THE STARTK I bought my 800XL in the early 1980's, being adR}vanced in years, the spate of Atari games left me totally unmoved. Those productivity programs which were available R}were few and exorbitantly priced, due to the jolly idea, still practiced by importers, of taking the dollar price,R} and calling it pounds sterling (saves printing new price lists). It was at that time that I discovered ANTIC,and mR}7ore importantly, THE ANTIC CATALOG. AH, NEW IDEAS> iHere there were programs, remarkablyo ydifferent,} R}C with comprehensive documentation and at a reasonable price.I qGames such as Colossus Chess v3.00,u XTAL(a R} Starship game), KARATEKA -karate game, were also included. Graphics were catered to by ENVISION. RAMBRANDT, GrR}Daphic Shop, Lister+, Picture +, Graphic Master, etc. EDUCATIONJ RprogramsX mincluded EARTHVIEWS,q STARBASE, R}Q STARWARE, MAPWARE, SPEEDREADING and MEMOREASE. PRODUCTIVITY was representedU by HOMECARD ,CREATIVE PROCESS, BASICVIR }C1EW (watch your prog. execute line by line),5 BINTERLISP/65,F CALCMAGIC, SHERLOCK 1050, DATAMANAGER XL, DEEP BLUER!}! C, and many others. RECOMMENDATION I very strongly suggest that if you see any of these grab them, you may not seeR"}B their likes again. Submitted by Jim Cutler-19th May 1993P >=< END >=}e game is just wonderful. It is a PD game. On side two we have some great graphics from Europe. This disk is # 270Z?} in the library. ALEX" (showed, CARDSTAX.BAS program. We only saw the demo of the program. You can use P.SZ@}. Icons, Micro Painter pictures with text, and use a pointer on the menu. ALEX wrote to the author. We hope to get ZA}a version w/DOCS soon. You can print out the text and pictures in various formats. We also have TURBO-BASIC 1.4 for ZB}^the 800 computers. It is in our library. It is on Side 2. It is disk #272 in our library.d ALEX showed the HALLE ZC}PROJECT disk from Europe. Great music and graphics. The graphics are just fantastic. The library number will beZD}C #271. 3Next we saw the MEGA BLAST game. This7 ;disk? was made in the Netherlands. This is a shoot 'em up ZE}Egame - VERY HARD to play. This is for the advanced game player. Great action and graphics. Can become very addictivZF};e. We all tried it and did not do too well. Disk # 273G ALEX showed a disk on Music. Side 2 showed a tZG}Mutorial on ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE. A must have disk if you are studyingQ qAssembly Language. Disk # 274.w JACK ZH}GEDALIUS demonstrated a 1020 PRINTER PLOTTER. He showed us how to do graphs, pictures and text. He showed us thZI}e extreme fine scrolling that this plotter can do. He then demoed how to make a random design in various colors. JZJ}ACK showed how the plotter could draw a castle. He showed us how it can make a PIE CHART. The little machine is realZK}ly fantastic. It !computes& the percentages and does the whole chart automatically. Really very neat. This was ZL}a another great demonstration by JACK. Very well prepared and very interesting, as usual.g ALEX showed a progrZM}am called DESK TOP.#274 in the library. On side two it has MAC.DOS It is a graphics interface for our 8-Bit. Very niceZN}^ - if that is your interest. The 8-bit equivalent to the I.B.M. Windows environment.b MAC*.DOS Ver. 1.0 suppZO}gorts sub-directories and volume names and some other great goodies. This is for you DOS junkies!m ALEX showed MAGIZP}AC DOM Nov/Dec. 1992. It will be # 275 in our library.E GItK NhasS oMAJONG.ARC, CASSETTE(AUDIO)s xLABEL} ZQ}PRINTING PROGRAM, KEY OBJECT (PROGRAM YOUR KEYS), MINER 25 (GAME), AMS SONGS, THANKSGIVING PICTURE, BUDGET MAKERZR}ERǛ and RUBICS CUBE. These programs are on side one. We looked at the BUDGET PROGRAM. The program is very neat and figureZS}s out a budget for you. It breaks down the budget into %. On side #2 we have NUT CRACKER (SONG AMS), AG DZT}EMO (VIDEO GAME),FD DISEASE, TITLE CARD (Upgraded and CORRECTED version. CREATE YOUR OWN TITLES), ROGER RABBIT ZU}W(PICTURE FILE), BETTY BOOP PICTURE, PEWEE and a digitized sound track, NORAD. ] ==>For OHAUG members 5 disks forZV}1 $8.00 including shipping or $3.00 each<==7 We saw another MAGIC DOM Jan/Feb 1993. Library # 276. MOVE IN AND UZW}P (SONG AMS), SHEAN (GRAPHICS DEMO), K- BURT (GAME)and CITYBOMB, BACKGAMON. We saw the game BACKGAMON. You can play ZX} against the computer or 2 can play. A very nice game - great graphics (Improved version). This is for you gameZY} junkies! Side #2 has a game called CIRCUS it is a PINBALL game. Very nice and very colorful. ALEX played and won. ZZ}) I wonder what ALEX did in his youth?/ WWe tried to boot a disk in double[ bdensityf g-k ADVENTURERS COMPAZ[}&NION and side two has a GAME on it., We saw SILENT PARTNER a spread sheet program, BUSY PLOT, SIDEWAYS PRINTER,Z\} SPEED CALC, B-CALC, CALC- MAGIC and PROFESSIONAL DEMO. Docs are on both sides. It is compatible with many printers. Z]} It is library disk # 277. This is a disk from England. (Disk has a mistake on it. We will try to get a new copy).Z^} We saw DISK MASTER with docs. On side 2 we saw DISK WIZZARD. This is #278 in our library. If you have a disk pZ_}iroblem or a messed up file, this is the disk for you. The DISK EDIT section was VERY impressive!o We saw ColoZ`}rSquash. Library #279. This program takes RGB pictures and converts them to our format (Composite). We saw sZa}?ome great pictures on the disk. It is fully documented.E We saw a new computer language called QUICK. It is gZb}oing all over Europe. The demo played only music. We also saw a shoot 'em up game made w/QUICK. Can't evaluate the laZc}CJnguage. I did not see the docs. Library disk # 280. CORRESPONDENCE:P The CONNECTICUT ATARI FEST is on June 12 & 1Zd}d&3. A couple members plan on going., A message from JOHN AALTO of LIAUG. JOHN message was on THE NEW NEST BBZe}S. He mentions that the BBS has a lot of 8-Bit material on it. He said "I and many other members have a close affinity aZf}nd respect for the OL'HACKERS. ALEX PIGNATO and the OL' HACKERS are constantly coming up in other Atari NewsletterZg}is. They make the phrase 'THE 8-BIT IS DEAD' laughable..." We thank JOHN for his kind words.o A message frZh}om DUTCH LEONARD. Topic: MY VIEWS. "Yes the OL'HACKERS seem to be one of the last strong 8- Bit clubs left in the natZi}ion. That may be an excellent idea. One magazine, one club and pool our efforts." I know there are othZj}5er great 8 BIT clubs around, no thanks to ATARI!@ We got a letter from our member LARRY TISHBEIN in PA.Zk} He thanked us for the help ALEX gave him with a word processor problem. He said we have a great system of hZl}/elping out any member with a problem.5 A letter from our member DANE STEGMAN in Akron N.Y. He has aZm} problem with AWARD WARE. He has a problem using 2 drives, one being an XF551, with this program. HAROLD PEGLER Zn}1will answer him and straighten out the problem.7 A letter from JIM CUTLER our member from England. He says thaZo}t DAVE EWENS and his merry men who put out TWAUG, are doing quite a good job with the disk magazine they publish, we agZp}ree!. 4A letter from TOM ANDREWS our member8 >ENDO>ENDO*<>* 8 Tyh crew are the editors of this English newsletter and they also are members of the OL' HACKERS.n ALEX wrote to^}M JEAN BROKAW. She is a newsletter editor who puts out a great newsletter. S A letter form PHILIP GREENHUT of JACG of ^}rN.J. He writes us that he buys our newsletter from his club. He informs us that he intends to join us. x A le^}tter from our member JIM CUTLER in England. He sent us some disk including the corrected version of PAGE EDITOR. Th^}is program will now run on an EPSON or compatibles. It is now in our library. JOHN McGOWAN was the one who wrote the pat^}ch for this D.T.P. program.# HBEN POEHLAND our member in PA andL the A.C. Managing Editor complimented us o^}Dn the prompt job our club does in mailing out the A.C. disks.J A letter from our member ALICE CHRISTIE in PA.^} She writes that she read the CURRENT NOTES, May issue article by ALEX on the OL' HACKERS and decided to join us.^} She is a member of P.A.C.S. a multi platform club, and is on the board of directors of P.A.C.S in PA. ^}GALEX complemented her on the great newsletter she put out. ALEX welcomed ALICE to the club. CONNECTICUT ATARI FE^} ST REPORT: ALAN SHARKIS reported that he was at the fest on Saturday. The attendance at the fest was very p^}oor the first day. He reported it was better the 2nd day. He said it was a dissapointing showing. He said there wer^}e many vendors in attendance. LOU TRAPANI the SYSOP of our BBS and a member was also in attendance. Both LIAUG and ^}eOHAUG shared a table, but the main attraction was the new and long awaited FALCON030. DEMOS:k ALAN SHARKIS showe^}d us his MIDI. He showed us how to connect the CASIO keyboard to the 8 BIT computer. You can read more about the the^}8ory of MIDI in the May minutes of the club meeting.> ALAN showed us how to program a song - FRERE JACQUES. First h^}e wrote it in one voice. Then he added a 2nd voice to it and finally he added a 3, 4 and 5 voice to it. He showed us how^}Ǜ to correct a mistake, how to copy a measure of a song and modify it. He showed us how to program for differ^}ent instruments. He then added a drum machine rythem to it. It really sounded great. It is amazing what our 8-bit^} computer can do. It can be turned into a professional musical instrument. It was a great demonstration by ALAN.^} ALAN then showed us his SIO-2PC where a 286 PC is connected as a slave to the 8-bit. He can create RAM DISKS ^}on the PC for the 8-Bit, and he can print through his PC. You can also save 8-bit material on the PC as 8-Bit images.^} Next he connected the modem and called up the NEW NEST, and THE MACHINE BBS's. We had a demo of how to use ^}the modem while on a BBS. ALAN then called and got connected to GENIE Info Service, and showed us how to navigate t^}hrough that system. He showed us how to connect to INTERNET. It was a very enjoyable demonstration where many of the fine^} points were discussed.! ALEX demod the last newsletter disk from TWAUG. Great graphics and great games and pro^}grams, as usual. ALEX showed the program FADER that lets you load graphics picture and it dissolves them when^}G it goes from one picture to the other. It plays the program automatically or manually. Another program on this^}2 disk is SUPER PRINT. A great print utility.8 Another disk was shown with PASCAL C with docs. The libra^}ry number is #285. lWe saw another version of TETRIX. If you are into games this is for you.r We saw a mu^}bsic disk from Germany that had some familiar music from the last Olympiad. The music was great.h We tried to fix some^} files of ATARIWRITER + that showed that it was out of memory when in fact there was 500+ Bytes left. We were ^}not successful. iWe saw ColorSquash Ver. 2.6 This program will take RGB pictures and translatem qthemu into C^}OMPOSITE pictures for our computer. It is library disk # 287. Side 1 is in ATARI BASIC side #2 is in SPARTA^} DOS. We saw PICTURE BREAKER. Library #288. This program lets you copy a picture form any commercial disk into ^}a 62 sector format. The result was a parade of TITLE SCREENS. It is fully documented. It is part of 2 seperate disks, t^}he other with more pictures. 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